Includes index.

Sách do Quỹ châu Á (Asia Foundation) tài trợ

Learning about home care -- The home care industry -- Developing effective communication skills -- Understanding your client's needs -- Understanding how the body works -- Observing, reporting, and recording -- Working with ill and disabled clients -- Maintaining a safe environment -- Maintaining a healthy environment -- Meeting the client's nutritional needs -- Preventing infection/medical asepsis -- Body mechanics -- Bedmaking -- Personal care -- Elimination -- Collecting specimens -- Measuring vital signs -- Special procedures -- Caring for older adults -- Caring for mothers, infants, and children -- Caring for clients with mental illness -- Caring for clients with illnesses requiring home care -- Caring for the client at the end of life -- Emergencies -- Getting a job and keeping it.